History Main / InternetCounterattack

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has housing available to only Free Companies (people who are in a formed group like a guild), but WordOfGod said that they had plans for individual players to get their own homes and have the same benefits with it like the Free Companies do with their houses and had stated that individual homes would be affordable. Several months later, individual housing was released, but the costs were anything BUT affordable. The price for a home to be used by a lone player was exactly the same as a Free Company house and they also share the same zones rather than having their own zone. The fan base ''exploded'', claiming that they were lied to and that Square-Enix only caters to the rich 1% of the player base and some people even petitioned to have Yoshida, the game's producer, be forcefully resigned for his mistake. Yoshida responded to the outbursts by saying that he never actually meant that individual homes would be easy to come by and had only said they'd be affordable...at the time he had made that statement when the player economy was different. What also makes the problem worse is all the small houses were immediately bought out as soon as the patch went live, which screwed over everyone else that were simply not awake at the time of the patch being released. Needless to say, many people cancelled their subscriptions as a form of protest.

** In 2014, days after her most recent video had failed to gain over 200k views, she posted on Twitter how she received a death threat on Twitter that detailed where she and her parents lived, which understandably made a lot of people upset for her sake. However, [[https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/c/ca/Anita_Death_Threats_V_Version.jpg due to the very odd and nonsensical nature of the threat]] as well as Anita's response to it (where she nearly instantly afterwards asked for further donations for her website, refused to show any proof of any police report being made against the threat and to this day has remained completely silent about the "Find Kevin Dobson" (The name of the supposed threat sender) hashtag), it made many people believe that she or a friend had in fact faked the threat in order to gain sympathy and publicity, especially when considering the points mentioned above. Making matters worse, this was only days after the infamous Zoe Quinn Scandal, aka [[{{Scandalgate}} Gamergate]] (which can be read in further detail at the Video Game section), where it was revealed that Anita was an associate of Quinn who has ties to Kotaku, Polygon, The Verge and other Game Journalism sites that reported on the supposed death threat, using the same image that Anita had shown. It's also worth noting that many people would bring up how Zoe Quinn used a similar tactic against Wizardchan. As an icing on the cake, many of the aforementioned sites would remove comments that would question how legit the death threat was or when questioning Anita's odd reaction to the threat. Safe to say, this was the last straw for many of Anita's supporters and detractors.

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design, on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James, to appear in the game. Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest''. One particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Website/YouTube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This led to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Website/{{Tumblr}}, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also led several [=YouTubers=] to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]]. Oh, and all this stuff you just read? [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate That's just the introduction for the shitstorm that follwed next!]] This long chains of events has been named "The Quinnspiracy", aka "[[{{Scandalgate}} GamerGate]]" (the latter coined by Creator/AdamBaldwin to indicate that the scandal goes far beyond just Zoe Quinn herself).

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* Music/JustinBieber held a poll to determine where he would hold a concert. When 4chan caught wind of this, they swarmed the poll with votes... for ''North Korea''. In the end, Bieber didn't go through with it and the whole thing was cancelled.
* TaylorSwift held a poll to decide which school she should go perform to. 4chan and Reddit assumed control of the poll by swarming it with votes for the Horace Mann School for the '''Deaf'''. It simultaneously fired and backfired as Swift removed the school from the poll but, acknowledging the 4channers and Redditors' pranking efforts, donated $50,000, musical instruments and concert tickets to it, for which school principal Jeremiah Ford declared: "Are we the winner? Absolutely." In shorthand, ''the Internet (accidentally) gave a selfless gift to a school for deaf people''!

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James to appear in the game. Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views, most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]]. Oh, and all this stuff you just read? [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate That's just the introduction for the shitstorm that follwed next!]] This long chains of events has been named "The Quinnspiracy", aka "[[{{Scandalgate}} GamerGate]]" (the latter coined by Creator/AdamBaldwin to indicate that the scandal goes far beyond just Zoe Quinn herself).
** This has lead to some positive changes as Website/TheEscapist is working on revising all of their rules from the ground up. While the host wasn't directly involved in the mess, the fact that they manned up and took the initiative shows that some people are willing to listen to the little man.

* Amazingly ''[[ImageBoards 4Chan]]'', the WretchedHive of the Internet, isn't ''always'' that as some people make it out to be. As hard as it may be to believe, they ''will'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards shoot you if it feels you've]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality passed their warped version]] of the MoralEventHorizon:
** Traditionally, asking for kiddie porn or RuleThirtyFour of ''{{Yotsuba}}'' results in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

** The ad campaign for this project's crowdfunding included, among other things, starting threads with promotional material and links to the Kickstarter on [[ImageBoards 4chan,]] even in boards that had nothing to do with the project. Anita Sarkeesian was almost immediately met with threats, insults, and coordinated efforts against her.

* A source of HUGE backlash spawned in regards to the fandom character "Derpy Hooves" from the show ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. The controversy in general revolves around said character's edit from her original appearance in the episode "The Last Roundup" to something less offensive. [[note]]More background about the edit from the head writer of the episode [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/amy-keating-rogers-response-to-derpy.html can be found here]][[/note]] One of the supporters of the edit, Yamino of ''Webcomic/SisterClaire'' (and of DeviantArt), was subjected to heavy amount of attack by the more rabid side of the fanbase. Turns out, she was singled out as a target by 4Chan ''and'' Tumblr, and it was organized that every Derpy fan would pull an all-out assault on her profile. It had gotten to the point where one of the animators from the show wrote [[http://kreoss.deviantart.com/journal/Derpy-287023334 a message to tell the irate mob to back off]].

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James to appear in the game. Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views, most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]]. This long chains of events has been named "The Quinnspiracy", aka "[[{{Scandalgate}} GamerGate]]" (the latter coined by Creator/AdamBaldwin to indicate that the scandal goes far beyond just Zoe Quinn herself).

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James to appear in the game. Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, Chelsea Van Valkenburg, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views, most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]]. This long chains of events has been named "The Quinnspiracy", aka "[[{{Scandalgate}} GamerGate]]" (the latter coined by Creator/AdamBaldwin to indicate that the scandal goes far beyond just Zoe Quinn herself).

* {{Fark}} spawned a hoax about then FoxNews personality GlennBeck by asking why he hadn't addressed the rumor of whether or not Beck had raped and murdered a girl in 1990. [[note]] a reference to Gilbert Gottfried's performance at the Bob Saget Comedy Central roast, and more generally a snarky parody of Beck's tendency to use that exact type of {{insane troll logic}}[[/note]]. The hoax spawned a website, and spread to other sites such as Reddit, Digg and Google. The creator of the website was then sued by Beck, which eventually resulted in the court finding for the website creator, citing that it was parody protected by the first amendment. The original fark thread is [[http://www.fark.com/comments/4608536/Palin-joins-forces-with-Glenn-Beck-Its-like-Voltron-but-retarded#c54042337 here]].

** In 2014, days after her most recent video had failed to gain over 200k views, she posted on Twitter how she received a death threat on Twitter that detailed where she and her parents lived, which understandably made a lot of people upset for her sake. However, [[https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/c/ca/Anita_Death_Threats_V_Version.jpg due to the very odd and nonsensical nature of the threat]] as well as Anita's response to it (where she nearly instantly afterwards asked for further donations for her website, refused to show any proof of any police report being made against the threat and to this day has remained completley silent about the "Find Kevin Dobson" (The name of the supposed threat sender) hashtag), it made many people believe that she or a friend had in fact faked the threat in order to gain sympathy and publicity, especially when considering the points mentioned above. Making matters worse, this was only days after the infamous Zoe Quinn Scandal, aka [[{{Scandalgate}} Gamergate]] (which can be read in further detail at the Video Game section), where it was revealed that Anita was an associate of Quinn who has ties to Kotaku, Polygon, The Verge and other Game Journalism sites that reported on the supposed death threat, using the same image that Anita had shown. It's also worth noting that many people would bring up how Zoe Quinn used a similar tactic against Wizardchan. As an icing on the cake, many of the aforementioned sites would remove comments that would question how legit the death threat was or when questioning Anita's odd reaction to the threat. Safe to say, this was the last straw for many of Anita's supporters and detractors.

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James to appear in the game. Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, Chelsea Van Valkenburg, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views, most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]]. This long chains of events has been named "The Quinnspiracy", aka "[=GamerGate=]" (the latter coined by Creator/AdamBaldwin to indicate that the scandal goes far beyond just Zoe Quinn herself).

** In 2014, days after her most recent video had failed to gain over 200k views, she posted on Twitter how she received a death threat on Twitter that detailed where she and her parents lived, which understandably made a lot of people upset for her sake. However, [[https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/c/ca/Anita_Death_Threats_V_Version.jpg due to the very odd and nonsensical nature of the threat]] as well as Anita's response to it (where she nearly instantly afterwards asked for further donations for her website, refused to show any proof of any police report being made against the threat and to this day has remained completley silent about the "Find Kevin Dobson" (The name of the supposed threat sender) hashtag), it made many people believe that she or a friend had in fact faked the threat in order to gain sympathy and publicity, especially when considering the points mentioned above. Making matters worse, this was only days after the infamous Zoe Quinn Scandal, aka Gamergate (which can be read in further detail at the Video Game section), where it was revealed that Anita was an associate of Quinn who has ties to Kotaku, Polygon, The Verge and other Game Journalism sites that reported on the supposed death threat, using the same image that Anita had shown. It's also worth noting that many people would bring up how Zoe Quinn used a similar tactic against Wizardchan. As an icing on the cake, many of the aforementioned sites would remove comments that would question how legit the death threat was or when questioning Anita's odd reaction to the threat. Safe to say, this was the last straw for many of Anita's supporters and detractors.

** In 2014, days after her most recent video had failed to gain over 200k views, she posted on Twitter how she received a death threat on Twitter that detailed where she and her parents lived, which understandably made a lot of people upset for her sake. However, [[https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/c/ca/Anita_Death_Threats_V_Version.jpg due to the very odd and nonsensical nature of the threat]] as well as Anita's response to it (where she nearly instantly afterwards asked for further donations for her website and to this day has remained completley silent about the "Find Kevin Dobson" (The name of the supposed threat sender) hashtag), it made many people believe that she or a friend had in fact faked the threat in order to gain sympathy and publicity, especially when considering the points mentioned above. Making matters worse, this was only days after the infamous Zoe Quinn Scandal (which can be read in further detail at the Video Game section), where it was revealed that Anita was an associate of Quinn who has ties to Kotaku, Polygon, The Verge and other Game Journalism sites that reported on the supposed death threat, using the same image that Anita had shown. It's also worth noting that many people would bring up how Zoe Quinn used a similar tactic against Wizardchan. As an icing on the cake, many of the aforementioned sites would remove comments that would question how legit the death threat was or when questioning Anita's odd reaction to the threat. Safe to say, this was the last straw for many of Anita's supporters and detractors.

*** During the months following the release of ''VideoGame/{{Mass Effect|1}}'', author Cooper Lawrence went on {{Fox News|Channel}} and [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/arts/television/26mass.html?_r=0 falsely accused the game of having "fully interactive sex scenes", full-on nudity and selectable poses]]. The problem was she was upfront about [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch never having played the game]] and yet somehow she knew it was pornographic. Fans went on the attack, and bombarded the Amazon.com listing for one of her self-help books with one-star reviews. Many of the reviews naturally pointed out that [[HypocriticalHumor even though they had never read the book, they still felt qualified to talk about its content and give it one out of five stars]]. Even Jack Thompson, another notorious anti-sex-and-violence-in-video-games activist, [[EveryoneHasStandards called bullshit on her claims.]] After being convinced to watch the game over somebody's shoulder for a couple hours, Lawrence apologized.

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James to appear in the game. Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, Chelsea Van Valkenburg, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views, most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]]. This long chains of events has been named "The Quinnspiracy, aka Gamergate".

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James to appear in the game. Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, Chelsea Van Valkenburg, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views, most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]].

** In 2014, days after her most recent video had failed to gain over 200k views, she posted on Twitter how she received a death threat on Twitter that detailed where she and her parents lived, which understandably made a lot of people upset for her sake. However, [[https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/c/ca/Anita_Death_Threats_V_Version.jpg due to the very odd and nonsensical nature of the threat]] as well as Anita's response to it (where she nearly instantly afterwards asked for further donations for her website and to this day has remained completley silent about the #FindKevinDobson (The name of the supposed threat sender) hashtag), it made many people believe that she or a friend had in fact faked the threat in order to gain sympathy and publicity, especially when considering the points mentioned above. Making matters worse, this was only days after the infamous Zoe Quinn Scandal (which can be read in further detail at the Video Game section), where it was revealed that Anita was an associate of Quinn who has ties to Kotaku, Polygon, The Verge and other Game Journalism sites that reported on the supposed death threat, using the same image that Anita had shown. As an icing on the cake, many of the aforementioned sites would remove comments that would question how legit the death threat was or when questioning Anita's odd reaction to the threat. Safe to say, this was the last straw for many of Anita's supporters and detractors.

** In 2014, days after her most recent video had failed to gain over 200k views, she posted on Twitter how she received a death threat on Twitter that detailed where she and her parents lived, which understandably made a lot of people upset for her sake. However, [[https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/c/ca/Anita_Death_Threats_V_Version.jpg due to the very odd and nonsensical nature of the threat]] as well as Anita's response to it (where she nearly instantly afterwards asked for further donations for her website), it made many people believe that she or a friend had in fact faked the threat in order to gain sympathy and publicity, especially when considering the points mentioned above. Making matters worse, this was only days after the infamous Zoe Quinn Scandal (which can be read in further detail at the Video Game section), where it was revealed that Anita was an associate of Quinn who has ties to Kotaku, Polygon, The Verge and other Game Journalism sites that reported on the supposed death threat, using the same image that Anita had shown. As an icing on the cake, many of the aforementioned sites would remove comments that would question how legit the death threat was or when questioning Anita's odd reaction to the threat. Safe to say, this was the last straw for many of Anita's supporters and detractors.

** In 2014, days after her most recent video had failed to gain over 200k views, she posted on Twitter how she recived a death threat on Twitter that detailed where she and her parents lived, wich understandably made a lot of people upset for her sake. However, [[https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/c/ca/Anita_Death_Threats_V_Version.jpg due to the very odd and nonsensical nature of the threat]] as well as Anita's responce to it (where she nearly instantly afterwards asked for further donations for her website), it made many people belive that she or a friend had infact faked the threat in order to gain sympathy and publicity, especially when considering the points mentioned above. Making matters worse, this was only days after the infamous Zoe Quinn Scandal (wich can be read in further detail at the Video Game section), where it was revealed that Anita was an associate of Quinn who has ties to Kotaku, Polygon, The Verge and other Game Journalism sites that reported on the supposed death threat, using the same image that Anita had shown. As an icing on the cake, many of the sites would remove comments that would question how legit the death threat was or when questioning Anitas odd reaction to the threat. Safe to say, this was the last straw for many of Anita's supporters and detracotrs.

* In August, Google purchased Twitch.TV for a massive billion dollars. A few days later, a copyright ID system similar to the one mentioned above started popping up that completely muted the Video-On-Demand recordings if it detected third party copyrighted music. While this was actually planned well in advance by twitch, the similarity to Youtube's own content ID mess and the purchase turned this into a case of worst timing ever. In response, hundreds of streamers and potentially thousands of their viewers moved to Hitbox.TV, Twitch's now quickly rising competition.

* A group called the Fine Young Capitalists claimed on [[https://soundcloud.com/super-admin/tfyc-confession soundcloud]] that Zoe Quinn was using her influence to keep the internet media silent about their [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2#home Indiegogo campaign]] to help women get into game design on the grounds that making women work for free was demeaning (never mind it was for charity). In response 4chan launched #4chan4women and started funding the campaign, leading to the funding shooting up $5,000 in a single day. The group even agreed to let 4chan's logo be displayed on the credits of the game and for a 4chan created character, Vivian "Level" James to appear in the game.
** Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ alleged]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed[[note]]Internet slang for "posting personally identifiable information"[[/note]] by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several gaming journalism sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme [[StreisandEffect constantly discussing the topic]], demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, Chelsea Van Valkenburg, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views, most commonly associated with the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "social justice warrior" stereotype]].

** Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ claimed]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several game news sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme constantly discussing the topic, demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014. The sustained push generated by the takedowns also lead several Youtubers to uncover what seems to be Quinn's real name, Chelsea Van Valkenburg, her connections to a rich family, and her advocacy of political views such as cultural Marxism.

** Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ claimed]] that Quinn faked being harassed and doxxed by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several game news sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme constantly discussing the topic, demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014.

** Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' (of particular target was Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, a publication also accused of turning a blind eye to the similarly cronyistic relationship between writer Patricia Hernandez and game maker Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntiepixelantie). A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ claimed]] that she faked being harassed and doxxed by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several game news sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme constantly discussing the topic, demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014.

** Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest''. A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ claimed]] that she faked being harassed and doxxed by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several game news sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme constantly discussing the topic, demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles accusing the protesters of misogyny, and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014.

* A good few years ago, in a {{Batman}} story called ''War Games'', DC writers killed off established supporting character Stephanie Brown, a love interest of ComicBook/{{Robin}} ([[LegacyCharacter Tim Drake]]), whom she had just [[LegacyCharacter replaced]] as Robin. The story had Stephanie Brown tortured brutally, with artwork depicting her in an overly sexualized manner that disgusted many, many readers, especially since the whole incident was treated as her own fault. Understandably, fans were pissed. [[http://girl-wonder.org/robin/projectgirlwonder.html In response, Girl-Wonder.com was founded]], campaigning, not for her to be revived, but for her to be recognized and honoured, since [[LegacyCharacter the Robin before Tim]], Jason Todd, [[ComicBook/BatmanADeathInTheFamily had died in a similar manner]] yet wasn't sexualized and was given a memorial to honour him while she wasn't. Other sites also popped up, other writers at DC protested the story and were vocal about their own disgust, and fans complained so much that it became a highly recognized example of sexism by fans who didn't even care for Stephanie, so much so that not only did they give her the memorial, but [[DisneyDeath they even revealed she was alive]] and then gave her a mildly successful ongoing as ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} as compensation. Then [[{{Retgone}} they erased her from continuity]] in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, opening a new can of worms, though she was finally reintroduced in 2014.

* A good few years ago, in a {{Batman}} story called ''War Games'', DC writers killed off Stephanie Brown. The story had Stephanie Brown tortured brutally, with artwork depicting her in an overly sexualized manner that disgusted many, many readers, especially since the whole incident was treated as her own fault. Understandably, fans were pissed. [[http://girl-wonder.org/robin/projectgirlwonder.html In response, Girl-Wonder.com was founded]], campaigning, not for her to be revived, but for her to be recognized and honoured, since Jason Todd, who died in a similar manner, wasn't sexualized and was given a memorial to honour him while she wasn't. Other sites also popped up, other writers at DC protested the story and were vocal about their own disgust, and fans complained so much that it became a highly recognized example of sexism by fans who didn't even care for Stephanie, so much so that not only did they give her the memorial, but [[DisneyDeath they even revealed she was alive]] and then gave her a mildly successful ongoing as compensation. Then [[{{Retgone}} they erased her from continuity]] in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, opening a new can of worms, though she was finally reintroduced in 2014.

** Later, Quinn's ex-boyfriend [[http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/ wrote a lengthy article]] on Wordpress claiming that she had slept with five guys involved in game journalism (one of whom was married) in order to get positive press for her game ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest''. A Redditor then [[http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/ claimed]] that she faked being harassed and doxxed by Wizardchan users, while a Tumblr blogger accused Quinn of exploiting the death of Creator/RobinWilliams, all for extra publicity. Many responding Redditors and the Tumblr blogger saw their posts being pulled by means of DMCA takedowns, allegedly to prevent further harassment and doxxing, while several game news sites and Youtube personalities including [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] (the poor guy can't seem to get a break, can he?) saw their articles and videos discussing the controversy being taken down. This lead to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy numerous users]] on Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, and KnowYourMeme constantly discussing the topic, demanding more information on what really happened, flooding critical comments onto articles [[EverythingIsRacist accusing the protesters of misogyny]], and organizing a protest outside of PAX 2014.